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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Education and skills for development in South Africa: Reflections on the accelerated and shared growth initiative for South Africa
International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 27, No. 4, Year 2007
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In July 2005, President Mbeki announced the launch of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA), a new development strategy designed to help the South African state meet the ANC's 2004 election pledges, namely:•halve unemployment;•halve poverty;•accelerate employment equity; and•improve broad-based black economic empowerment. AsgiSA outlines a very different development path from the current orthodoxy of the Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in spite of the common commitment to halving poverty. This difference in approach encompasses the education and skills sector, where post-basic provision is given considerable attention. This paper seeks to explore why South Africa has taken this different approach, especially in education and skills development. It examines what the current evidence tells us about the strategy's likely success. Finally, it briefly considers the implications this case might have for the dominant model of African education and development. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
McGrath, Simon
United Kingdom, Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Akoojee, Salim
South Africa, Durban
Human Sciences Research Council of
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Citations: 156
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.07.009
ISSN:
07380593
Study Locations
South Africa